The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-18
Cotton Still King.

Cotton Still King.
WASHINGTON, August 9.-The latest
reports of the Bureau of Statistics just
issued gives some interesting facts about
the commerce of the year which ended
June 30. 1t shows that ne sold to our
neighbors in various parts of the world
last year S703 200, 900 worth of our pro-
ductions, or about s2,000,O0O worth Of
sales per day the year round. This is
about s4O,O0O,0OO more than we made
the preceding year. That this is emf
nently an agricultural country is easy to
see from the most casual examination of
the details of experts. OF the S7O3,-
100000 worth of exports, s523,000,0OO
we're agricultural products. Cotton,
breadstuffs and meats are the main arti-
cles on which this s523,OOO,OOO was
raised. Cotton is still king, for that alone
brought s222,oOO,OOO into this country
from abroad-s2O6,O 100000 of it for the
raw cotton, Sl6,OOO,OOO for the manufac-
tured article. Breadstuffs brought $780,
100000 and meats and dairy products
s92,O0O,0OO. We think we are doing
good deal OF manufacturing in this
country, but that is small thing beside
the products of agriculture. The ex-
ports of manufactures only amounted to
$135, 200, 900 in value, or less than two.
thirds of the value of cotton exported,
aud less than the export of breadstuffs.
Let the humble farmer hold up his head
with just pride, for he supplies not alone
the sustenance for this nation of 60,00O,.
900 people, but brings $1,000 every
minute of the year, day and night, of
foreign money into this country in ex-
change for his products.
Where does it come from +? you ask.
Let lis see. Of the $206,0O0,000 worth
of manufactured cotton sent abroad,
Sl2S,0O0, 900 worth went to Great Britain,
and about 81, 100000 each to France and
Germany. Of the SOL 100000 worth of
flour, S35, 100000 went to Great Britain
and Ireland. Of the S9O,0OO,0O worth
of wheat, S4S,OO0,00O went to Great
Britain and Ireland. Of the S2O,0OO,OOO
worth OF corn, S12,oOO,OOO went to the
same countries. Of 100000 worth
Of meats and dairy products, one.third
went 10 Great Britain, and the remainder
was scattered far and wide. Great
Britain and Ireland are indeed our best
customers in nearly all our expectations.
In list of twenty five principal articles
of export, Great Britain and Ireland
head the list of those purchasing from
US in twenty of the twenty five articles
in question, and usually takes three.
fourths of the entire amount exported.
There are a few cases in which other
countries are better customers. In the
article of coal oil, for instance, Germany
takes more than Great Britain and
Ireland. In manufactures of cotton
China takes seven times as much as
England. In fact, China is by far our
best customer in the sale of manufac-
tured cotton. In agricultural imple
ments the Argentine Republic takes
more than Great Britain. In articles of
wood the Central American States take
more than Great Britain. Of the s703,.
100000 worth of our productions sent
abroad last year, over one.half went to
Great Britain and Ireland. OF the
$5OO,000,0OO worth of agricultural
! products that Great Britain and Ireland
imported last year, they took more than
one.half from the United States.
Although the farming products formed
a very large part of the value of goods
shipped abroad last year, the number and
variety of articles entering into the list
of expectations is something astonishing.
There are mowers, and reapers, and
plows, and cultivators, etc., to the value
Of millions of dollars. There are $l0,-
100000 worth of live animals, of which
100000 were cattle. There are can.
dies, and cars, an4 carriages, and sausage
castings, a half million dollars worth of
the latter delectable article alone. Of
dried apples there were over one.half
million dollars worth, and of green ap.
Piles over million dollars. OF rags
there were over 100000 pounds. Of
butter there were 100000 pounds, and
of cheese S1,OOO,000. Alcohol and
whisky, and that sort of stuff, were in
very little demand, for the total value of
spirits sent abroad was less than million
dollars, against two and half millions
the preceding year.
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